Crystals of apatite occur within narrow cavities in pegmatite dikes in the Logan Mountains north of the mining town of Tungsten, western NWT.  These crystals range is size up to 1 cm and vary in colour from purple to pink to greyish-green.  The apatite gems offered for sale here were cut from rough collected from this remote locality in the early 1990s.  Other gem materials from this locality include smoky quartz, kunzite and colourless beryl (also known as goshenite).

With a hardness of 5 on Mohs' hardness scale, apatite is too soft and brittle to use in rings. If set with care, apatite can be used in earrings or pendants.